Happy First Day of October, everyone! I played the Ravelos for a good chunk of time last night and thought I might as well post an update. I’m going to do this one commentary-style and let the pictures and captions tell the “story”. This allows me to explain some of the gameplay and include the weird little Nightlife bits that you can’t really take pictures of. Just to warn you, this update is a bit long and wordy. Hope you enjoy it anyway. ;-)
After our fine young couple got married, Lauren, who is a Family Sim, wanted to Woohoo and Have a Baby right away. That girl wanted to get down to business! Simon didn’t mind, since he could just ask her on a “date” and let the subsequent flirting and woohoo run the date-o-meter up to Dream Date. His Lifetime Want is to have 50 of those, so I try for one every opportunity I get. Yep, this house is gonna be Woohoo Central.
“I told you I like men who live on concrete slabs!”
The next day Lauren went off to her Flight Officer job. I just thought she looked cool in her military uniform — very 1940s. Her Lifetime Want is to be a Captain Hero, so she won’t be in the military for long.
The picture also gives you a good idea of what their cottage looks like on the outside. It’s not much yet, but it’s roomy enough — just the right size for a small family.
“I’ll take you right into the Danger Zone, baby.”
(Bonus points to whoever gets that reference. ;-))
Simon had the day off, so he hung out at the cottage. He looked so blissful while tidying up the house.
“Hey, you’d look blissful, too, if you were woohooing as much as I am.”
As an aside, if I were a Sim, I would totally have the Pleasure aspiration. Simon isn’t hugely ambitious — most of his wants are little things in the 500 point range, like Play Computer Game (check!), Watch TV (check!), and Take a Bubble Bath (OK, I prefer showers, but if I had one of those huge jacuzzi tubs with the water jets? I’d take bubble baths all the time. I would! I’d be a giant walking prune!). He also likes to Dine Out (check!) and Buy Clothes (check!) on a fairly regular basis. The only thing he likes to do all the time that I wouldn’t enjoy is Freestyling for Tips. I can’t rap to save my soul. I do like karaoke, though…
The most ambitious thing Simon ever wants to do is Throw a Party, which I’ll talk more about later. Most of the time he just enjoys the little things in life, and wouldn’t even bother working on his skills or trying to get promoted if I didn’t push him. I guess that’s pretty much like Romance or Popularity Sims, but I could never identify with them like I can with Simon. He’s just a laid-back dude enjoying life to the fullest. Go Simon!
Anyway, right after Simon finished cleaning up, his friend Rebecka Hogan called and asked him if he wanted to join her on an outing downtown. This is a cool new feature in Nightlife — friends will randomly call up and ask Simon if he wants to go downtown. He is free to say “no”, so if he has other plans (like a date with his wife), it’s no big whoop (though I didn’t check to see if the Relationship points decline when a Sim says “no” to an outing — I’ll have to take a peek next time).
Simon’s needs were all full green, Lauren was at work, and he wanted to Freestyle for Tips and Buy Clothes, so I figured why not? and had him say “Yes” to Rebecka. Within a few moments the yellow taxi van pulled up and whisked him off to Cold Issue Clothing.
What I didn’t realize was that Rebecka would be bringing friends — five of them, to be exact.
“Geez, talk about being the odd man out.”
I recognized them all — Ricky Cormier, Meadow Thayer, Kennedy Cox, Benjamin Long, and Orlando Bertino. I thought it was pretty funny that Rebecka brought two teens and a kid along — shouldn’t they have been in school on a Tuesday? Heh.
Since they were on an “official” Outing, the fun-o-meter popped up. Now Simon and I were responsible for getting everyone in the group to have a good time. It’s like a party, pretty much, except that as the meter goes up, more time is added to the length of the outing.
To get the meter to go up, I had Simon chat with Kennedy and tell him some jokes, but Kennedy isn’t the kindliest of Sims, and they ended up with a negative relationship score. The other people in the group were having the same problem — this bunch just wasn’t meshing well. Eventually Simon gave up trying to be friends with Kennedy and went inside to try on some clothes. There we found “Mr. Big” and “The Diva” having a lively conversation about whatever those crazy kids have conversations about. Probably exchanging beauty tips (they’re both always whipping out their mirrors and primping).
“Oh, my dear Benjamin, you really need to try cucumbers on your eyelids in the morning. They’re the most marvelous thing!”
Simon seemed to like the outfit I had him try on. Winter is coming up — he needed something a little warmer than his flimsy jacket and tee-shirt.
“I’m so money right now.”
Just for kicks I had Simon chat with the nice vampire lady out back.
“Hey, I live on a concrete slab, too! Actually, in one. It’s called a mausoleum.”
They didn’t hit it off too terribly well, so I’m not worried about Simon being bitten in the near future.
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Wow, you sure did some playing Jen!!
Glad you found some sims who enjoy you!
Squeeee! :D
This isn’t boring at all, Jen! Actually their happiness makes the story different enough, trust me. If I had a penny for every angsty Sims story out there I’d have been able to offer you money for doing this blog by now! ;)
The kids are adorable, and I’m heading over to check out those purty grey eyes right now. =)
That was a quick update since the last one :P.
I can’t rap or do kareoke, lol :D.
MY bonus points..Haha i didnt even finish reading but i want to get my bonus points..for what? I dont know haha. Its a Kenny Loggins song titled Danger Zone..at least I think so. If not..ooh poor Eva. Haha. Ok going to read now.
Wow! What a pleasant surprise. I hinestly thought I had checked your site last night. But the last entry I’d seen was “The Year in Pictures” where you said you’d started a new Legacy family and planned on posting when you got home from work. And now I find two posts. I’m glad they’re easy to keep in platinum. And what’s wrong with a happy family? Oh and Happy Anniversary!
danger zone theme song of Top Gun… Lauren was a flight officer :)
that’s my guess
This update was fun! You must be having fun with this family because you are posting quite frequently here now. How do I know Kenny Loggins when he is like an artist from 1 BC and I am 16? Haha I like music and I listen to it everyday, I am listening to music right now actually. I want nightlife darnit. it would be so much fun to do those dates things. And thanks for explaining it more and making me love it even more, I might get it sooner than expected. (probably not) :D
And it was on Top Gun..darn you gethane haha.
I´m so happy that you update again Jen!! =D
This Legacy Challenge are so funny and cool.
Have a great weekend too!!
I freakin’ love Top Gun. XD Although now I’m going to have that song stuck in my head all day now. Ha!
Wonderful update! My 2G heiress and her husband (the vamp) are both Pleasure sims too.. and I’m having a ball with them. Although it is a bit silly for a big, scary vampire to have constant wants to take a bubble bath. I am totally loving your new Legacy family, though, and can’t wait to read more!
And hopefully Real Life will calm down enough to let me play Sims and get another update of my own out!
Great update jen! i really like ur new legacy challenge. i just wish i could play mine but my game crashes and i’m not going to be able to post any stories til i fix the problem..
Thanks so much for including Nightlife commentary, it definitely is making stuff make a lot more sense and, of course, is making us who don’t have Nightlife yet drool like crazy! :D Since your founder has custom content eyes, and dominant hair, I’m not sure if the genes in your family will vary too much. Guess we will have to wait and see! I really liked this update and am glad you found something you enjoy playing and blogging about again. :)
Oh.. and I forgot. XD I’ve never seen townies flirt and develop a crush on each other! It’s too bad it costs you a point to move them in; I’d be interested to see if the memory of knowing each other would be in their memories and such.
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Jen . love your new family they look so sweet and all. Mr. Big and The Diva are big flirts they flirt shamelessly so it’s a Mr Big / Diva thang :lol:
Love those eyes and thanks for the link for Lyran never been there but kie what I see. ‘
Since I took out my old downloads before installing NL I have decided not to download everything in sight but see has some nice makeup and eyes that I may get :)
Oh and Domino’s story has been updated although I’m stuck at the naming bit, what will my hubby think if I get one of those name your baby books, Oh My Gawd I just got a funny image in my head :lol:
I may just do that though and save my sanity :D
The power of the Ravelo Love shack, eh? I guess they must have dust.
Romantic dust. That is a WEIRD look on The Diva’s face. My Sims get it a lot when they dance. I wonder why?
Maybe they saw something odd.
Like a… window?
What, exactly, is Smustling, anyway? It’s kind of confusing me.
Aww! Smoochiewoochie! It’s so adorable~
Marlee reminds me of Marle. From Chrono Trigger. I just hope Marlee doesn’t run around in her underwear (well, they were bloomers, so…) all day like Marle did. Or go time-travelling.
It’s less fun than it sounds, time-travelling is.
Anyway, I love Lyran’s eyes, too! I remember going there and downloading all of the ones they had after you mentioned where you got some eyes that someone in the RKC (is that it?) had.
Custom eyes seem to have a higher genetic dominance (you know, of course. Brown over dark blue, dark blue over light blue, green and light blue I-don’t-know, whichever last one over grey. Etc.) than any of the default eyes, so, don’t be surprised if the Cloudy eye gene lasts for generations upon generations. :D
Man, all of these Nightlife additions sound great! The friends pulling strings… The people asking to come over… The outings… the things-I-can’t-remember…
So great.
Oh, she looks adorable. Marlee. Both as an infant, and toddler. Man, though… those babies, with their toilet-plunging. x_X; I love the bathroom, though! Mine are usually so boring. Blue, white, black, black and white, and beige. Seriously. Those are all of them. So, I think the one that you have there looks really nice!
Hmm. Maybe Calista set fires to things often. Or had seen fires often. Generally, just enough to know that “eh. Loud beep. Fireman comes. Fire is out. Burnt food. Ew.”
Man, Brandon Lillard’s nose is flat. With my graphic card/settings/whatever is determining this, his nose looks flat, but not THAT flat. Maan.
You know, the happiness isn’t bad… it’s just… I can’t even think of the “it’s just”. So, it’s super great! (On a scale of one to awesome. Strong Bad.)
I remember the schoolbus pictures! I take them, with my Sims, sometimes.
I hope you do go for the Have 10 Kids want… that one always seemed so fun, to me! I have yet to do it in a Challenge, though I have a couple teen Family Sims who are going to get married, in my Prosperity challenge… they are /so/ going to have ten kids.
Anyway, yeah, sorry, I rambled. Here’s to more good luck for the Ravelos! (Maybe Lauren can make an influential friend, too. Who knows? WhoOooO knoOoOOws. Yes, I’m a ghost. For October.)
Awww, what a cute family! I like how Simon and his wife are crazy about each other. It is just too cute! And the kiddies are adorable too! Great job Jen and I can’t wait to read more about this family!
I love reasing about happy families!! It’s so much more pleasing to read about how a family have lots of kids and grow up happy, than a family with death and affairs lol.
Nice story, I shall be checking it out again sooon!!!
lol cool. nice and easy update, I like the warm fun loving family you got here. feels good to read abt such a nice family sometimes :) also I myself was surprised with some of the new changes (such as free coupons) that NL brought along when I was testing it out a few days ago! Can’t wait to get my teeth into the game, checking out its other cool features. So it’s cool that you’re revealing these tidbits :D oh about the townies falling in love thing, thats so cool, at least now its mroe realistic :)
Well, I’m glad you guys like my happy Legacy family. I was just worried they’d be so happy all the time that nothing interesting would happen and everyone would get bored, including myself. ;-) But now that I’m going for the 10 Kids want, there’s no chance of THAT happening.
You guys are right about the genes — I’m sure all of the kids will have black hair and Simon’s cloudy eyes, but I’m hoping they’ll have different personalities and perhaps slightly different facial features *crosses fingers*. Out of 4 kids so far, they all have very different personalities, so I’m thrilled about that. Down with clones!
Hey Jen, What a treat to come back after a weekend and see two updates here for me to enjoy! I’m so happy you are updating again and I like the commentary-style. Even though I always love the way you write your stories the commentary gives me more insite to the game that I can’t play yet (although my mother has finally purchased it so I’ll hopefully be getting it soon! :D ). I really like seeing the cool things like the townies flirting, the presents in the mail and the fun group outings. It’s so interesting. Not to mention the great pictures you can take now with the view of the surrounding areas. Awesome! Well, I’m off to read the next update.